What makes the best tortillas in Mexico?

Meet the inspiring indigenous people of Mexico that have resisted the changes brought by industralisation to produce some of the best tortillas in Mexico, nixtamal tortillas. By rejecting the use of highly processed corn flour (masa harina) and growing their own corn these people are producing some of the best tortillas in Mexico. And this is exactly the same principles we follow at La Tortilleria in Australia.

[@candid1954]

Hardworking people. Bless Them!

[@brianacost1220]

handmade will always 100000000% taste better!!! oh my god my aunt made some handmade tortillas today that she used to make carne asada tacos. MAAAAAAAAAN OHHH MAN IM IN LOVE I LOVE MEXICO HANDMADE TORTILLAS I LOVE U. THE ONES I HAD WERE MOT BLUE I WAMNA TRY THEAW THE REAL DEAL

[@DKWTRoberts]

What was the town in Mexico? I’d love to visit it.

[@s1gmundfr3ud]

The town is Santa Clara De Juárez in the state of Tlaxcala, very close to México City. But you will find the same kind of "molino" or corn mill in every small town or village in Central and Southern México. .

[@Tanya-eq3fy]

Amazing! ❤️👏👏

[@creatifetudes8553]

Bravo

[@cowdogg3085]

What do you mean over night!?! It was like 2 in the morning !! When the hell did they go to bed! Overnight I guess is a relatively loose term.

[@Lunabee834]

Is there a way to get the masa harina to the states? I am in the rural Midwest and we only get the GMO non organic kind around here.

[@Fernando82diaz]

masa sent from mexico will probably spoil as it makes its way to the states. I just bought a hand mill from a local grocery, cal, and dent corn to make the masa myself.

[@DiannaAtherton]

@@Fernando82diaz hey Fernando, how did your masa turn out?

[@leonwhitehorse1099]

I just read an article about a company that has been importing heirloom corn to the states from mexico. You can buy either the whole kernel or corn flour ready to make masa with. Their website is Masienda.com I was thinking about how corn tortillas in mexico taste waaay better than in the US. That company started in 2013

[@cigileyAtTR]

​@@leonwhitehorse1099 Does their Masa Harina have the germ and bran removed like Maseca and Bobs Red Mill? Fantastic it seems its the whole grain

[@ogarza3]

small gripe... masa = dough, harina = flour... saying masa harina makes no sense, its like saying dough flour... harina para masa, or harina de maiz make more sense, the first is ambiguous because it can be corn or flour

[@LatortilleriaAu]

Hola Ogarza. Good point, it doesn't make much sense in Spanish. But it's how the product is commonly referred to in English speaking countries (well here in Australia at least), it's usually written on the packet as 'masa harina'. So we called it that so people would know what we are referring to.

[@s1gmundfr3ud]

Well, in México everybody knows what it means, same as harina de maíz or Maseca or Minsa. .

[@tomasgrudny2870]

Hey! Do you know the name and/or of the Tortilleria shown in the video?

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Tomas Grudny I think it is called la tortilleria. It's in Melbourne, google it. I buy from them online.

[@DiannaAtherton]

Hey dis you buy one of the presses and do you like it?

[@neilbennett9281]

Any ideas how to get that press or how to make it?

[@DiannaAtherton]

They are on Amazon and Ebay

[@tonymontana7566]

I definitely could live there and would not be able te move I would be very fat and extremely happy

[@carlangelocanarias4496]

What variety of corn??

[@s1gmundfr3ud]

It can be white, yellow, blue or red corn, they all work the same once you nixtamalize it. .

[@marycosio9295]

I want to purchase a non gmo and organic as possible corn to make nixtamal on the east coast. Who do I contact? We have.a big Mexican community and it’s growing. My family is from Puebla. Hablo español

[@richstone2627]

@@Lisa-yogurt You're wrong about Non-GMO maize. There is a big difference between what the ancient Indigenous people of Mexico did and modern GMO maize. You're wrong about the Aztecs as well, people long before them were the maize breeders.

[@s1gmundfr3ud]

@@richstone2627 : Relax, it's just maíz. .

[@richstone2627]

You’re wrong.

[@thickymcghee7681]

A car engine!?!?!? Haha. Smart!

[@KittenBowl1]

Sad that other countries even outside the U.S. corns are GMO. In here we don’t have GMO corns, and non GMO everything. It’s illegal to import GMO crops here. Even our corn flour and corn meal are non-GMO.

[@Testing329]

Viva CHRISTO Rey

[@mr.mister4110]

My SIster can't make tortillas worth beans.